Paper-perforating machine



' (No Model.)

W. O; UTLEY.

PAPER PERPORATING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. Z l, 1882'.

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Atiomegax UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINIFRED G. UTLEY, ()F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

PAPER-PERFORATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,730, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed June 12, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINIFREDO. UTLEY, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perforating-Needles for Making Patterns and Designs on a SewingMachine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for producin g paper stencils for marking embroidery designs and other patterns, names, initials, &c., on cloth, and is adapted for use in connection with sewing-machines, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective a portion of a sewing-machine with my device in position for use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the preferred form of my perforating-needle. Fig.3 represents a paper sten- "eil produced by the use of my device, and ready tion, except so far as their use is required in the operation of my device.

0 is my perforating-needle. It consists of shank a (similar to the shanks of ordinary sewing-machine needles) and stem 1), and is preferably beveled, as shown in Fig. 2, at the end 0. In the plate A is the hole D, which must be of the exact shape of the cross-section of the stem 11, and of corresponding size, so that the said stem may pass in and out of the hole D, close to the walls of said hole, as the needle-bar is vertically reeiprocated, whereby the needle 0 may have a punching action, and make a clean out through the paper, punching a little hole with each reciprocation of said needle. The presser-foot holds the paper against the plate and enables it to be guided by hand in any direction without slippin'n I find that the needle, 0 makes the cleanest cut sign is first traced or marked, say, with a leadpencil, on the sheet, and then my needle 0 having been adjusted to the needle-bar of a sewing-machine directly over the hole D in the plate, the presser-foot is brought down over the paper laid on the plate and the machine started.

It requires very little practice to follow the lines marked on the paper, and thus in a short time the said lines are completely covered by the minute holes a e punched out by the needle.

The sheet E can then be laid upon the cloth to be worked or embroidered, and by means of a pad or brush and suitable liquid or powder the exact design or pattern can be transferred to the cloth This operation may be repeated as often-as necessary, moving thestencil along to complete the design. A

It will require less carein adjusting the necdle to its place on the needle-bar if the stem b is round in cross-section, as in that case the needle will readily pass into and out of the 8 hole D, no matter which way the said needle is turned; but I do notlimit myself to a needle with stem round in cross-section, as one square, triangular, or even irregular would answer as well,(or anyother shape,) it being only neces- 9o sary that the stem b and hole D exactly correspond to insure good Work and a clean out, without any of the paper being turned downward at the edges ofthe perforations e e, as

would happen if my needle was pointed in the 93 ordinary manner. This I have discovered by actual experiment, and discarded. that form of needlepoint. If different-sized perforations are, required, an equal number of plates, or a movable plate with series of holes of different too sizes, will be required, so that there may be the proper-sized hole D to each size of needles.

These perforations are of about one- 60 Although I have shown my device in connection with a Household or Domestic sewing-machine plate, it is apparent that it is adapted for use on any other sewing-machine that has a vertically-reciprocating needle-bar, the one essential feature being correspondence in size and shape between the stem of my needle and the needle-hole in the plate.

I prefer to make my needle with a solid stem, beveled or flat at the lower end, 0, because this construction is the simplest and cheapest, and one that works perfectly; but ofcourse it would work just as well if there was only a ring or circular cutting-edge on the end of the needle formed by drilling out the stem; but this would be much more costly, and would not work any better, as the paper punched out by mydevice does not interfere with the working parts of of the sewing-machine.

ters of the stem of the said needle and the said hole D corresponding exactly to each other, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I I have hereunto set my hand on this 5th day of June, 1882, in the presence of two witnesses.

WINIFRED o. .UILEY.

Witnesses:

HAROLD G. UNDERWOOD, CARL PICKHARD'I. 

